The Panther football team won over Fulda
44-13 in the homecoming game Friday night in Tracy. The win
improved Tracy/Milroy/Balatons season record to 4-2 while
Fulda dropped to 0-6.

The record would indicate that the
Panthers would have little difficulty winning over the Raiders.
However, any underdog that has success early becomes a much more
formidable foe. The Raiders, with elusive quarterback Miguel
Lavoie exhibiting success as a ball carrier, a passer, a punter
and as a kicker, got the Raiders on the scoreboard first while
moving against a very strong wind. That could have very easily
tipped the advantage in the game to Fulda but the Panthers showed
resolve and proceeded to take charge of the game.

It was a nice win for us,
said Panther Co-Coach Derek Flann. We made some mistakes
early and we gave up too many yards rushing but Fulda is
definitely improved from what we had seen of them. Their
quarterback was tough to contain.

TMB scored 20 points in the second
period to take a 20-7 at half. The Raiders came back in the third
quarter to score again but TMB answered with 24 fourth quarter
points to put the game away.

David Schmidt, filling in at running
back for Seth Swan, had a big night with 31 rushes for 240 yards.
The Panthers rushed 55 times for 445 yards and were 7 of 14
passing for 49 yards giving them a total of 494 yards of offense.
Fulda rushed 34 times for 234 yards and were 1 of 9 passing for 8
yards, giving them 242 yards of total offense.

Lavoie, the senior Fulda quarterback,
weighing only 150 pounds and standing about 5-6, displayed
extreme quickness, good speed, a strong leg and a good ability to
pass. The failure to complete more passes was not due to any
inaccuracy by the passer.

Chris Hansen led Panthers in tackle
points (2 points for an unassisted tackle and one point for a
tackle assist) with 14, Dan Deiter had 12, Pheng Her and John
Gervais 11 each, David Schmidt 10, Brady Jackson 8, John
Swenhaugen 7, Tyler Bauer, Spencer Zwaschka and Aaron Frisvold 4
each, Chris Swenson, Nick Soupir and Adam LeClaire had 3 each,
Andrew Prairie, Taylor Rignell, Drew Nelson and Taylor Hagberg
each had 2 points while Kyle McIntire and Steve Paradis each had
1 point. Pheng Her and Aaron Frisvold each had a sack.

First half

The Panthers kicked off, with the wind,
to the Raiders. The ball went into the end-zone and was put into
play at the 20 yard line. The Raiders moved to one first down
before punting to the Panthers. TMB marched from its own 44 to
the Fulda 6 in ten plays before turning the ball over on downs.

After putting the ball in play on the 6,
Fuldas Alex Hein gained 23 yards in two carries. On his
third carry Hein broke around his right side and ran 62 yards to
the Panther 10. In two plays the Raiders had punched in the first
score of the game. The kick was good and Fulda led 7-0 with 3:01
remaining in the quarter.

As the second period began the Panthers
took the ball on downs at their own 45. David Schmidt carried
five straight times and scored from 37 yards out. The run for the
conversion failed and Fulda led 7-6 with 9:25 left in the half.

The Panthers scored twice more in the
half. Schmidt scored from 54 yards out, capping a four-played 80
yard drive. A 59-yard, eight play drive ended with Isaac Dolan
scoring from 3 yards. Tracy/Milroy/Balaton led 20-7 at half.

Second half

The Raiders marched 85 yards in nine
plays on their first possession of the half for a touchdown, with
Lavoie carrying the ball on each play. The kick failed, but Fulda
had pulled to within 20-13 with 3:27 left in the third quarter.

The Panthers took the ensuing kickoff
from their own 30 to the Fulda 20 before a false start penalty
caused them to lose the ball on downs.

TMB scored on each of their next three
possessions. The touchdowns came on a 1 yard blast from Dolan, a
44 yard run by Dolan and a 30 yard tally by sophomore Brandon
Kirk.

Fulda 7 0 6 0 13

TMB 0 20 0 24 44

First quarter

F-Hein 7 run (Lavoies kick good)

Second quarter

TMB-Schmidt 37 run (run failed)

TMB-Schmidt 54 run (pass failed)

TMB-Dolan 3 run (Schmidt run good)

Third quarter

F-Lavoie 2 run, (kick failed)

Fourth quarter

TMB- McIntire 9 pass from Dolan (pass
good)

TMB-Dolan 44 run (pass good)

TMB Kirk 30 run (pass good)

Passing:Dolan 6 of 13 for 46 yards

Receiving: McIntire 2 for 24 yards

Panthers down
Dawson-Boyd

The Panther volleyball team won over
Dawson-Boyd 3-1 at Tracy Tuesday night. The game scores were
25-14, 25-11, 23-25 and 25-14. The win improved
Tracy/Milroy/Balatons season record to 6-15.

This was a much needed win for us
tonight, said Panther Coach Cyndi Raymond. Now maybe
we can pick up some more wins over the weekend at
Alexandria.

The Panthers won the first two games
easily and got off to a 9-4 lead in the third game. They were
still ahead at 18-15 but the Blackjacks tied the game at 18-18
before TMB came back to close to 23-24 but the Blackjacks got the
next point to win the game. However the Panthers came back and
took the fourth game quite easily by a 25-14 score to win the
match.

Jackie Haecherl had 1 kill, served
17/18, had 8 digs and 7 set assists. Molly Miller had 4 kills,
was 18/19 serving with 2 aces and had 12 digs. Mallory Fultz led
the team with 12 kills, was 10/12 serving with 4 aces, had 4 digs
and 2 set assists. Lindsey Daniels had 3 kills, was 13/14 serving
with 5 aces, had 8 digs and 59 set assists. Michele Lanoue also
had 12 kills, 2 ace serves and 18 digs. Shelby Jones had 5 kills,
was 12/13 serving with 1 ace and had 8 digs. Shea Lanoue was 7 /7
serving and had 1 dig. Kayla Daniels, an eighth grader, made her
debut as the Libero and had 3 digs.

The Panther B squad lost to Dawson-Boyd
2-1 with game scores of 17-25, 22-25 and 15-11. The C squad won
3-0 with gme scores of 25-10, 25-10 and 25-22.

The Panthers will participate in the
Alexandria Tournament over the weekend and will next be home when
they close out the regular season by hosting Marshall on
Thursday, October 19.

Runners have conference
Friday

The Panther boys were sixth and the
girls ninth at the Adrian Invitational Tuesday.

The team is now preparing for their
conference meet Friday at Maynard.

On the girls side Jen
Vroman, Ayla Snyder, Haley Hebig and Jessica Mason all ran strong
races. One of the team goals is to get those young ladies to run
together in a pack during the race, said Panther Coach
Marie Hanson. Karli Tholen had a great race once again,
finishing in the top twenty for the team.

The TMB boys finished well today
with a lot of tough competition, said Hanson. Alex
and Derek really stepped up today, they ran a tough first half of
the race and then held on to place well for the team. Ryan Tholen
had an excellent finish, with about 300 meters left he was in a
pack of four runners, but surged and came out on top of that
pack. That is good for Ryan, as he has struggled in previous
races to beat out competition during the finish. Josh Lubben also
ran a very strong race for the team.

Mac Tiegs ran in the junior high race
and finished 20th with a time of 13:24.